Three Cushion World Cup 2008/5

122nd three-cushion world cup 2008/5
Tournament dates
Tournament type:	World cup
Tournament format:	Round robin / knockout system
Organizer:	UMB / CEB
Tournament details
Venue:	Sunrise Garden Beach Resort, Hurghada , Egypt
Opening:	November 16, 2008
Endgame:	November 22, 2008
Attendees:	117
Defending champion:	Dick Jaspers
Winner:	Daniel Sánchez
2nd finalist:	Eddy Merckx
3rd place:	Jean Paul de Bruijn , Martin Horn
Prize money:	€ 33,000
Records
Best GD:	1,797 Marco Zanetti
Best ED:	2,600 Marco Zanetti
Maximum series (HS):	15 Andreas Efler000
Venue on the map
Hurghada
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The three- cushion world cup 2008/5 was the fifth UMB / CEB world cup tournament in the 22nd year of the three-cushion world cup. The tournament took place from 16. – 22. November 2008 in the "Sunrise Garden Beach Resort" in Hurghada , Egypt . It was the fifth three-cushion World Cup tournament in Hurghada.

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The defending champion (overall winner of the year) was the Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl . It was expected that number one and two in the world rankings, the Dutchman Dick Jaspers and the Belgian Frédéric Caudron, would make it difficult for the third-place defending champion. But it turned out differently. Both players were eliminated early, Jaspers in the round of 16 against the Italian Marco Zanetti and Caudron then a round later against Jean Paul de Bruijn from the Netherlands.

The 2006 world champion, Eddy Merckx from Belgium, managed a unique “clean series”. In the second round he beat the Austrian Gerhard Kostistansky , in the quarterfinals his compatriot and Blomdahl conqueror Jozef Philipoom , in the semifinals he met Caudron conqueror Jean Paul de Bruijn from Holland. In the final against the Spaniard and world champion from 1998 Daniel Sánchez it went against him and Sanchez won the tournament 3-0.

The wildcard player Peter de Backer from Belgium showed a very different kind of march . One after the other he beat the Greeks Filipos Kasidokostas , Jérémy Bury from France and Marco Zanetti. In the semifinals against the Spaniard Sánchez, de Backer was then disqualified from the tournament because of a positive doping result. The doping test was taken at the 2008 three-cushion world championship in St. Wendel. He was banned for two years with immediate effect. After a hearing on November 27, 2008, in which de Backer showed himself to be cooperative, the UMB reduced the sentence to two months, which ended on December 15, 2008. His personal situation and the fact that he was a first-time offender should be part of the decision also played a role. Nonetheless, the world ranking points he had won were stripped of him and he was sentenced to return all prize money. The only German participant in the finals, Martin Horn from Essen, benefited from this judgment . He received the world ranking points from de Backer and, despite his elimination in the semifinals, was rated as the bronze winner of the tournament.

Prize money and world ranking points

	Prize money ( € )	World ranking points
winner	5,000	80
finalist	3,000	54
Semi-finalists	1,800	38
5th - 8th	1,250	26th
9-16	850	16
17th - 32nd	600	8th
qualification	-	5
P-qual	-	4th
PP qual	-	3
PPP qual	-	2
All in all	33,000	-

Tournament mode

Four qualifying rounds were played in Hurghada. From the last qualifying round, the 12 group winners qualified for the final round. There were also wildcard players from the host and the associations from America, Asia and Europe as well as the UMB . The main tournament was played with 32 participants.

In the qualifying rounds, two sets of 15 points each were played in round robin mode. All games were played with a push . The shot clock was set to 40 seconds per shot.

In the event of a tie, the following order will be applied:

1. MP = match points
2. SV = rate ratio
3. GD = general average
4. HS = maximum series

Seeded players and wild cards

The first 12 players in the world rankings (edition: 17/2008) automatically took part in the tournament as seeded players.

1. Dick Jaspers
2. Frédéric Caudron
3. Torbjörn Blomdahl
4. Daniel Sánchez
5. Roland Forthomme
6. Kim Kyung-roul
7. Ryūji Umeda
8. Martin Horn
9. Ramon Rodriguez
10. Nikos Polychronopoulos
11. Marco Zanetti
12. Eddy Merckx

Wildcard players:
2 × organizing association: Sameh Sidhom , Ihab El Messery 1 × CEB: Lütfi Çenet 2 × CPB: Merlín Romero, Javier Teran 2 × ACBC: Tatsuo Arai, Duong Anh Vu 1 × UMB: Peter de Backer

Qualifying round

The results of qualification rounds 1, 2 and 3 can be viewed at the UMB.

In the last (4th) qualifying round, 2 winning sets were played in 12 groups (A – L) of 3 players each. The first in the group got to the finals of the best 32.

Final table qualification group stage

group	space	Surname	MP	SP	Pts	Recording	GD	BED	BSD	HS
A.	1	Filipos Kasidokostas	4th	4: 1	70	34	2.058	2.142	2,500	8th
	3	Tduyoshi Suzuki	0	2: 4	64	57	1.122	---	1.666	8th
	2	Nobuyasu Sakai	2	2: 3	53	51	1.039	1.032	1,250	5
B.	1	Jean Paul de Bruijn	4th	4-0	60	47	1.276	1.363	1,875	6th
	2	Dion Nelin	2	2: 3	49	53	0.924	1.206	3,750	6th
	3	Lavrentios Eleftheriadis	0	1: 4	47	50	0.940	---	1.666	4th
C.	1	Jérémy Bury	4th	4: 1	71	42	1.690	2,000	2,500	6th
	2	Apostolos Balogiannis	2	2: 2	49	27	1,814	2.307	2,500	6th
	3	George Sakkas	0	1: 4	46	38	1,210	---	1.666	5
D.	1	Eddy Leppens	4th	4: 1	74	59	1.254	1.363	1.666	5
	2	Wesley de Jaeger	2	3: 2	69	58	1.189	1.363	1.363	7th
	3	Hesham Saad	0	0: 4	37	42	0.880	---	---	4th
E.	2	Christian Rudolph	2	2: 2	41	28	1.464	1.666	3,750	6th
	1	Jozef Philipoom	4th	4: 1	63	35	1,800	2.727	3,000	10
	3	Ee-Sub Jin	0	1: 4	60	42	1.428	---	2,500	6th
F.	1	Hwang Durk-hee	4th	4: 1	74	64	1.156	1.304	1,875	5
	3	Michael Nilsson	0	0: 4	37	42	0.880	---	---	5
	2	Tonny Carlsen	2	3: 2	60	60	1,000	1,000	1.666	6th
G	1	Gerhard Kostistansky	2	3: 2	60	47	1.276	1,875	1,875	8th
	2	Jean van Erp	2	3: 3	81	52	1.557	1.218	2.142	8th
	3	Peter Ceulemans	2	2: 3	47	36	1.305	1.857	2.142	6th
H	3	Kouji Funaki	0	1: 4	50	50	1,000	---	1,875	4th
	2	Tayfun Taşdemir	2	3: 2	64	42	1.523	1.578	2.142	8th
	1	Michael Lohse	4th	4: 2	73	56	1.303	1.708	2,500	8th
I.	3	Spiridon Lianos	0	0: 4	39	57	0.684	---	---	4th
	1	Thomas Andersen	4th	4: 1	73	63	1.158	1.194	1,875	7th
	2	Antonio Ortiz-Torrent	2	3: 2	67	68	0.985	0.937	1,250	5
J	3	Javier Palazón	0	2: 4	61	47	1.297	---	7th
	2	Ismail Yasin	2	2: 3	47	40	1.175	1.333	7th
	1	Adnan Yüksel	4th	4: 1	62	41	1.512	1.764	3,000	10
K	1	Andreas Efler	4th	4: 2	86	68	1.264	1.433	5,000	15th
	3	Murat Naci Çoklu	0	2: 4	63	68	0.926	---	1,875	5
	2	Sergio Jimenez	2	3: 3	74	76	0.973	0.923	1.071	4th
L.	1	Rubén Legazpi	4th	4: 1	64	45	1.422	1.666	2.142	8th
	3	Vagelis Moulos	0	1: 4	46	46	1,000	---	1,250	6th
	2	Hideaki Kobayashi	2	3: 3	67	57	1.175	1.266	3,750	9

Finals

1/16 final Best of 5

Round of 16 Best of 5

Quarterfinals Best of 5

Semi-finals Best of 5

Final Best of 5

Dick Jaspers

3 / 1.696

Duong Anh Vu

1 / 1.156

Dick Jaspers

17 !, 631

Marco Zanetti

3 / 2,600

Marco Zanetti

3 / 1,800

Ihab el Messery

0 / 0.750

Marco Zanetti

2 / 1.431

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.533

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.291

Filipos Kasidokostas

2 / 1.285

Peter de Backer

3 / 1.657

Jérémy Bury

1 / 1.470

Ryūji Umeda

1 / 1.096

Jérémy Bury

3 / 1.593

Peter de Backer * 1

0

Daniel Sánchez

3

Lütfi Çenet

1 / 1.448

Thomas Andersen

3 / 1.633

Thomas Andersen

0 / 1.187

Martin Horn

3 / 2,500

Martin Horn

3 / 1.216

Hwang Durk-hee

0 / 0.885

Martin Horn

2 / 1.575

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.970

Sameh Sidhom

0 / 1.057

Javier Teran

3 / 1.250

Javier Teran

1 / 1.236

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.538

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 1.666

Rubén Legazpi

0 / 1,000

Daniel Sánchez

3 / 2,500

Eddy Merckx

0 / 1.058

Torbjörn Blomdahl

3 / 1.964

Tatsuo Arai

1 / 1.444

Torbjörn Blomdahl

2 / 1.285

Jozef Philipoom

3 / 1.805

Ramón Rodriguez

0 / 1.076

Jozef Philipoom

3 / 1.607

Jozef Philipoom

0 / 0.909

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.956

Kim Kyung-roul

2 / 1.351

Gerhard Kostistansky

3 / 1.526

Gerhard Kostistansky

0 / 0.548

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.406

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.705

Adnan Yüksel

2 / 1.676

Eddy Merckx

3 / 1.487

Jean Paul de Bruijn

1 / 0.973

Roland Forthomme

1 / 1.030

Eddy Leppens

3 / 1,500

Eddy Leppens

2 / 1.017

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.189

Merlin Romero

2 / 1.145

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.437

Jean Paul de Bruijn

3 / 1.514

Frédéric Caudron

2 / 1.685

Nikos Polychronopoulos

2 / 1.558

Michael Lohse

3 / 1.685

Michael Lohse

2 / 1,000

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.360

Frédéric Caudron

3 / 1.875

Andreas Efler

0 / 1.045

Closing table

For the sake of clarity, not all players are listed, only the 32 participants in the final round. The full list can be found here:

Final ranking phase space Surname MP SV Pt. Recording GD BED BSD HS * 2 WRP * 1 final 1 Daniel Sánchez 10 15: 3 210 118 1,779 2,500 5,000 9 80 2 Eddy Merckx 8th 12: 6 224 145 1.544 1.956 5,000 9 54 Semi- finals 3 Jean Paul de Bruijn 6th 10: 9 228 179 1.273 1.514 2,500 8th 38 quarter- final 5 Martin Horn 4th 8: 3 142 88 1.613 2,500 3,750 9 26th 6th Marco Zanetti 4th 8: 4 160 89 1.797 2,600 5,000 10 26th 7th Frédéric Caudron 4th 8: 5 172 109 1,577 1,875 7,500 11 26th 8th Jozef Philipoom 4th 6: 5 130 86 1.511 1.805 3,750 10 26th eighth final 9 Torbjörn Blomdahl 2 5: 4 100 63 1,587 1.964 5,000 8th 16 10 Javier Teran 2 4: 3 92 74 1.243 1,250 3,000 7th 16 11 Eddy Leppens 2 5: 4 109 91 1.197 1,500 2,500 8th 16 12 Dick Jaspers 2 4: 4 87 52 1.673 1.696 2,500 9 16 13 Jérémy Bury 2 4: 4 101 66 1.530 1.593 1,875 6th 16 14th Michael Lohse 2 5: 5 108 84 1.285 1.685 2,500 9 16 15th Thomas Andersen 2 3: 4 68 46 1.478 1.633 2,500 10 16 16 Gerhard Kostistansky 2 3: 5 75 69 1.086 1.526 2.142 8th 16 1/16 finals 17th Adnan Yüksel 0 2: 3 67 34 1.676 --- 2.142 8th 8th 18th Nikos Polychronopoulos 0 2: 3 53 34 1,588 --- 2.142 7th 8th 19th Kim Kyung-roul 0 2: 3 50 37 1.351 --- 1,875 6th 8th 20th Filipos Kasidokostas 0 2: 3 59 47 1.255 --- 1,875 9 8th 21st Merlin Romero 0 2: 3 55 48 1,145 --- 1,500 5 8th 22nd Lütfi Çenet 0 1: 3 42 29 1,448 --- 1,875 6th 8th 23 Tatsuo Arai 0 1: 3 39 27 1.444 --- 2.142 5 8th 24 Duong Anh Vu 0 1: 3 37 32 1.156 --- 2.142 7th 8th 25th Ryūji Umeda 0 1: 3 34 31 1,096 --- 2,500 7th 8th 26th Roland Forthomme 0 1: 3 34 33 1.034 --- 1,250 4th 8th 27 Ramón Rodriguez 0 0: 3 28 26th 1.076 --- --- 4th 8th 28 Sameh Sidhom 0 0: 3 37 35 1.057 --- --- 4th 8th 29 Andreas Efler 0 0: 3 23 22nd 1.045 --- --- 15th 8th 30th Rubén Legazpi 0 0: 3 25th 25th 1,000 --- --- 6th 8th 31 Hwang Deuk-hee 0 0: 3 31 35 0.885 --- --- 4th 8th 32 Ihab El Messery 0 0: 3 18th 24 0.750 --- --- 3 8th

Legend Abbr. meaning Pt. points scored Recording required recordings ED Single average GD General average VGD Relative general average BMD Best team average BED Best individual average BSD Best sentence average BEVD Best Individual Relative Average HS Maximum series MP Match points PP Lot of points GUV G ewonnen- U nentschieden- V erloren SV Sentence ratio 1st place (gold) 2nd place (silver) 3rd place (bronze) Best GD of the tournament / round Best VGD of the tournament / round Best ED of the tournament / round Best BVGD of the tournament / round Best HS of the tournament / round (It is possible that not all terms are used or some are not listed. These can be looked up in the list of collision terms .)

annotation

• ^{* 1} = world ranking points
• ^{* 2} = Andreas Efler played the top series in qualification

Remarks

• * ¹ The Belgian de Backer was disqualified due to a positive doping test.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} General information (PDF; 52 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Player List (PDF; 56 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
3. ^ ^{A b} Heinrich Weingartner: Billard . No. 95 . Vienna May 1997, p. 21-23 .
4. ↑ Final ranking (PDF; 46 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Three-Cushion World Ranking Edition: 17/2008 (PDF; 100 kB) September 1, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Announcement About The Suspension Of Player P. De Backer ( English ) UMB . December 19, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved on August 20, 2012.
7. ↑ Results of PPP qualification (PDF; 67 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
8. ↑ Results of PP-Quali (PDF; 88 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
9. ↑ Results P-Quali (PDF; 93 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
10. ↑ Qualification results (PDF; 75 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
11. ↑ Final ranking list qualification (PDF; 40 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved on August 15, 2012.
12. ↑ Results 1/16 finals (PDF; 42 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved on August 20, 2012.
13. ↑ Results of the round of 16 (PDF; 44 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved on August 20, 2012.
14. ↑ Results of the quarter-finals (PDF; 36 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved on August 20, 2012.
15. ↑ Results semi-finals / final (PDF; 36 kB) November 23, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved on August 20, 2012.
16. ^ Heinrich Weingartner: Billiards . No. 211 . Vienna January 2009, p. 16-27 .